metal-organic compounds
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In the binuclear copper(II) title complex, [Cu2(C9H7O4)4(C2H3N)2], an inversion centre is situtated at the mid-point of the Cu—Cu bond. The CuII atom together with its four coordinated O atoms are in a distorted planar square arrangement while the nitrogen and the other CuII atom are located in apical positions. The whole molecule looks like a paddle-wheel. In the crystal, chains are assembled along the b axis through C—HO hydrogen bonds and slipped π–π interactions between the benzene rings of neighbouring molecules [centroid–centroid distance = 3.6929 (3) Å and slippage = 0.641 (1) Å].
metal-organic compounds
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In the title compound, [Ag6(C12H10N3OS)6]·4C3H7NO, the hexanuclear complex molecule lies about an inversion center. The six Ag atoms form a distorted octahedron, with AgAg distances in the range 2.933 (1)–3.401 (1) Å. Each Ag atom is surrounded by one N atom and two thiolate S atoms from two deprotonated 2-hydroxy-1-naphthaldehyde thiosemicarbazone ligands. Each ligand coordinates three Ag atoms via a bridging thiolate S atom and a monodentate N atom, thus two Ag3S3 hexagonal rings are linked together. Two dimethylformamide solvent molecules are located in four sets of sites with half-occupancy and form OH—N hydrogen bonds to the complex molecule. Intramolecular O—HN hydrogen bonds are also present. The discrete hexanuclear clusters are further linked through π–π interactions into layers parallel to (001), the shortest distance between the centroids of aromatic rings being 3.698 (2) Å.